30. “The Outer Range” (Season 2)
One of the best shows of 2022 was the existential sci-fi Western “The Outer Range”—a little like “Yellowstone” meets the “X-Files”—about a rancher fighting for his land and family who discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness. The cast—Josh Brolin, Lili Taylor, Tamara Podemski, Tom Pelphrey, Imogen Poots, Lewis Pullman, Noah Reid, and more—were spectacular. Season two started before the strikes. The only problem? The brilliant creator/writer/showrunner Brian Watkins was replaced for some insane reason—one of the worst creative decisions of last year.
Airdate: TBD via Prime Video.
29. “Echo”
Following her “Hawkeye” introduction, Marvel character Echo (Alaqua Cox) gets her own gritty-looking spin-off where the deaf Indigenous character returns to her Oklahoma hometown and tries to confront her past as a criminal and underling of the Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio). Dubbed a “Marvel Spotlight,” Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Devery Jacobs, Cody Lightning, Graham Greene, Zahn McClarnon, and Charlie Cox as Daredevil appear.
Airdate: January 10, 2024, via Disney+.
28. “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew”
Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni apparently don’t run everything on LucasFilm TV. Created by “Spider-Man” trilogy filmmaker Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, the latest “Star Wars” series is a coming-of-age sci-fi adventure starring Jude Law as a mysterious Force user, but not a Jedi. Set in the age of “The Mandalorian” (after “Return of the Jedi”), not all that much is known, but it’s said to be inspired by “The Goonies” and Amblin films, and it features a bunch of unknown, young kids trying to make their way back to their home planet. The Daniels, David Lowery, Jake Schreier, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Lee Isaac Chung are among the directors, while Tunde Adebimpe, Kerry Condon, and Jaleel White co-star.
Airdate: TBD via Disney+.
27. “Severance” (Season 2)
Has anyone shown themselves more versatile as a filmmaker in recent years than Ben Stiller? Known for broad comedies, Stiller is clearly also a cinephile, as illustrated by his science fiction psychological thriller co-created by Dan Erickson and Aoife McArdle. Centering on office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives, most of the principal cast, including Adam Scott, Britt Lower, ohn Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette, return.
Airdate: TBD via Apple TV+.
26. “Yellowstone” (Season 5, Part 2)
Taylor Sheridan’s epic family melodrama finally ends because Kevin Costner, as the tough-headed patriarch John Dutton, wouldn’t play ball. Sheridan and Costner butted heads in 2023 over scheduling, paydays, etc, and the writer/director decided just to kill both John Dutton and the show, making way for a spin-off (working title “2024”) which will feature much of the same cast and Matthew McConaughey as the new lead. The question remains: how does he get Costner back to shoot death scenes when the two are warring together?
Airdate: Fall 2024 via Paramount Network.
25.“X-Men ’97”
Marvel’s deeply into nostalgia at the moment, and “X-Men ‘97” picks up right where the beloved 1990s animated “X-Men” series left off. Much of the same voice actors will return, and the original series’ showrunners, Eric and Julia Lewald, serve as consultants on the revival series. Sunspot, Cable, Bishop, and Nightcrawler are among the additions to the character cast.
Airdate: “Early 2024” was the last we heard, but now that’s probably shifted to mid-year.
24. “Agatha: Darkhold Diaries”
“WandaVision” was so popular it spawned several possible spin-offs. The one most ahead is from the same creator, Jac Schaeffer, and centers on the dark witch Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) and a coven of other occult enchantresses. Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, Patti LuPone, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Debra Jo Rupp, and Miles Gutierrez-Riley co-star, while Sacha Baron Cohen is rumored to turn up at some point. The plot centers on Harkness trying to find allies to regain her powers.
Airdate: Things may change, but Marvel has pegged this for fall 2024 on Disney+.
23. “The Acolyte”
Not much “Star Wars” TV exists outside Favreau/Filoni’s post “Return Of The Jedi”-verse, but writer/director Leslye Headland’s series does just that. Set decades before ‘A New Hope’) in the High Republic, the mystery thriller centers on a former Padawan (Amandla Stenberg), who reunites with her Jedi Master (Lee Jung-jae from “Squid Game”) to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated. The series co-stars Dafne Keen, Jodie Turner-Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Margarita Levieva, among others, and yes, it finished production before the strike.
Airdate: TBD, but summer 2024 feels like a good window.
22. “The New Look”
Written, executive produced, and directed by Todd A. Kessler (the creator of ”Bloodline,”), the showrunner returns with a new series that depicts the meteoric rise of fashion designer Christian Dior as he dethrones the grande dame Coco Chanel. It’s also a World War II-era thriller as the events cross that timeline. Ben Mendelsohn stars as Dior, Juliette Binoche plays Coco Chanel, and Claes Bang, Emily Mortimer, John Malkovich, and Maisie Williams co-star. Julia Ducornau (“Titane”) directs some episodes.
Airdate: Feb 14, 2024 via Apple TV+.
21. “Palm Royale”
From Laura Dern, creator Abe Sylvia (writer of “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”), and director Tate Taylor (“The Help”) comes a period comedy about a woman trying to attain a place in Palm Beach high society, in the process learning what she will and won’t do to achieve this. Kristen Wiig stars alongside Dern, Leslie Bibb, Allison Janney, Josh Lucas, Ricky Martin, Carol Burnett and more.
Airdate: March 20, 2024, via Apple TV+.
